Katatonia - Sky Void of Stars

[NorseBlood]

KATATONIA Announces 'Sky Void of Stars' Album, Shares 'Atrium' Single
https://blabbermouth.net/news/katatonia-announces-sky-void-of-stars-album-shares-atrium-single

Swedish melancholic metallers KATATONIA will release a new studio album, "Sky Void of Stars", on January 20, 2023 via Napalm Records.

KATATONIA comments on "Sky Void Of Stars": "Our 12th album, 'Sky Void Of Stars' is a dynamic journey through vibrant darkness. Born out of yearning for what was lost and not found, the very peripheries of the unreachable, but composed and condensed into human form and presented as sounds and words true to the KATATONIA signum. No stars here, just violent rain."




Katatonia return with video for uplifting brand new single Atrium
https://www.loudersound.com/news/katatonia-return-with-video-for-uplifting-brand-new-single-atrium

 

[KingsGene]

Their last appearance at PPUSA was mind blowing....so amazing.

 

[NorseBlood]

Yes I agree. Hopefully they will be making another appearance before its all over.

 

[NorseBlood]

Katatonia - Austerity

 

[NorseBlood]

Katatonia - Birds

 

[NorseBlood]

ALBUM REVIEW: Katatonia – ‘Sky Void Of Stars’
https://thesoundboardreviews.com/2023/01/16/album-review-katatonia-sky-void-of-stars/

"Katatonia are a very good band. They’d have to be given the career path they’ve gone on, making the jump from death metal to something more progressive and gothic, without invoking the ire of metal fans who’ll have a conniption if you even indirectly gesture towards something lighter. All the while, critical acclaim has almost always been theirs, right up to the current post-hiatus work that plenty would struggle to get to the same standard after so long. Truly, the hallmarks of a very good band. A great one, though? Well…"

Sky Void of Stars is set for release on January 20.

 

[NorseBlood]

Interview: Katatonia’s Drummer Mojjo Discusses the Brilliant Sky Void of Stars

"I was immediately taken by how direct it was compared to City Burials [2020], which was more ambient and electronic in a way and also more progressive and technical. So, hearing the demo for Sky Void of Stars immediately sent me to some sort of stage mode. These are songs that are meant to be performed live. And the whole album has that feeling of being on tour almost, for me, in the band. It’s dark and bleak but very intense and forward."

https://www.metalsucks.net/2023/01/...jo-discusses-the-brilliant-sky-void-of-stars/

https://www.lasercd.com/cd/sky-void-stars

 

[KingsGene]

KATATONIA Debut "Opaline" Music Video; Sky Void Of Stars Album Out Now

 

[KingsGene]

KATATONIA Takes To The Skies In Montreal!​

 

[NorseBlood]

Rarely does anyone (except country and pop bands) play in Nashville.

 

[KingsGene]

KATATONIA Parts Ways With Guitarist ANDERS NYSTRÖM​

"... Swedish grand seigneurs of gloom, Katatonia, have announced that they have parted ways with founding guitarist, Anders Nyström.

Katatonia singer, Jonas Renkse, issued the following statement via social media today (March 17):..."

Anders Nyström and I are going our separate ways. A decision not taken lightly, but for everyone to thrive and move forward with their own creative preferences as well as personal schedules this has become the realistic option. Anders and I started the band in 1991 and his impact on the band’s trademark sound is undeniable. As bleak as this sounds, and is, it’s further evidence of life getting in the way of our preferred plans. I wish Anders all the best for the future.

 

[KingsGene]

ANDERS NYSTRÖM Issues Statement On Split With KATATONIA And JONAS RENKSE – “It’s Inevitable That Our Band’s Legacy Will Continue To Play A Huge Role For Both Of Us And Always Live On”​

"...Today (March 18), Anders Nyström shared the following statement..."

Sad but true.

The time has come for me to confirm that the roads ahead Jonas and I have chosen for both Katatonia and ourselves have grown too wide and far apart, and as a result, our long-term collaboration has drawn to a close.

With him and I being the duo that founded Katatonia almost 35 years ago, and owing to the fact that we managed to take our mission this far, it’s inevitable that our band’s legacy will continue to play a huge role for both of us and always live on, albeit in a different light either captured by our past, future or the many chapters in between.

To each our own, we may all have our own preferences and different levels of appreciation for either the early, mid or later Katatonia eras, but it seems like any willingness to embrace them all, in order to honor our history through live activities, has unfortunately failed to sustain. Needless to say, I still love ALL our albums, but with the early stuff being neglected for so many years, a feeling of having “unfinished business” with a style that goes far back to our roots has just grown stronger and stronger. I can’t help feeling adamant that songs from our early-mid discography deserve to be equally acknowledged and likewise targeted for our live show repertoire, the essential medium where the past should always be alive! Unfortunately, that door has been kept shut and left everything we did pre-millennium in a void.

Avowed, with one of us gone, Katatonia could and should have been mutually laid to rest while exploiting the freedom to continue in any desirable direction under a new name. But with Jonas now regrouping with new members and navigating further in his own direction, I no longer need to wait and see which way the wind is blowing to enter that void and grab hold of what’s been abandoned. After all, Katatonia’s legacy is resting on both ends of the timeline.

Come what may, I’d like to thank Jonas and the rest of my ex-colleagues for the incredible ride we shared through four compelling decades.

Blessed be!